The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-06-09

on the stand. She lived in LineOln
county but knew botA Head and de-
fendant. She remembers of Mr..
ChilsOn having assisted her mother
Mrs. Ward to obtain a pension
She had tried two years to get her
pension when ChilsOn took hold Of
il. She Lad had a conversation with
ChilsOn at HOweil's house I'm the
presence Of Mrs. Ward. when he
brought a pension certificate and
said, "YOrr pension has come. 7
had To give Anderson So and Plumb
SO for their influence Ia securing
the pension" She finally came to
ChilsOn's store when she received
$50. The whole pension amounted
to $2S3.S3. She afterwards in the fall
of 1855 at the request Of Head
went To Charles Martins place
in company with her, her husband
and mother, Mrs. Ward. Head had
asked Mrs. Ward 10 sign the aillda-
vt, saying Cougres sman Anderson
wanted II investigated, and that she
would get t57 more OF the pension
money II she did so. She, Mrs.
Ward had been trying in vain for
two years to get a pension, when
Mr.. ChilsOn took hold of the matter.
ChilsOn said when he paid her:
ave done this for yOu.for nothing"
She did not know whether ChilsOn
had kept any money out Of It at all,
OF her own knowledge. Witness
had seen ChilsOn at Chas Martins
house, when he asked what they
were going to do and said he would
give 800 10 stop il.
She denied that he had said, 81
would rather give 500 than TO have
her think ] would take cent from
her" ChilsOn said he had not paid
Anderson or Plumb anything and
further that he had made a mistake,
IN counting, and paid her back $40.
and said her store bill was paid.
The affidavit she made for Head,
wls read to her and differed with
her present testimony ~ TO whether
ChilsOn said he WOuid hare to, or
did pay Anderson AMI Plumb, the
muIey spoken Of, and also with re-
gard TO having read and knowing
the contents Of the various afildayits
made. The afiidavlts contained
things she did not know Of.
Mrs. Ward had an understanding
that the grocery bill should be paid
out Of the pension money when il
came. ChilsOn said he had t. pay out
dollar here and adOllar there for the
procuring Of necessary afildavits, for
her pension claim.
II. Howell was then recalled,
and said his affidavit was not.
as he supposed it vas, il hav-
ing differed the same as the one
above, with regard to having read
1t, and that he did not so understand
them as they were written.
VIM. Maxwell was next sworn.
He was present when ChilsOn was
talking to his grandmother Mrs.
Ward about the pension IAatter.
He said he had to keep out $25 for
Anderson and $40 for some one else.
and told her to come to the store and
get her money. He said i'm our
house In October, 1885, that he
wanted everything settled up aud
stopped or he would haze them in
the penitentiary. He afterwards
statel he would withhold this money
provided Anderson and Plumb
would charge anything. He had
made an affidavit for Head because
Head wanted him to.
At this point the state rested
their case. The defense then
moved TO strike out the
testimong OF Harry Anthony, on the
ground that no conspiracy with Wels
hal been shown. After lengthy
argument the motion was sustained,
and his testimony was striken out
Hon, T, +. Carver then made his
Of the defense in the ease.
He said, "whateyer malile OF cal
umny had been heaped upon the
he had hitherto been
silent, and that he hoped that the |
Jury would listen to the defense |
with the same patience as they have
displayed. AS to the pen
sion matter the record Of DhilsOS =
stood as high over Head as Heaven
Is oyer He'll. He said the old lady |
Mrs, Ward was about TO
become a public charge. When
her son John appealed to Chill
,On 10 JET her have the neeessa-
-ies Of life, fFom bis store until the
pension she had applied for came.
rhla Chilson oheeFfully did. He
went 10 work upon her pension case,
preparing afiidaviis and paying for
hem out of his own money, and
when the pension finally came he
kept out only the amounts he had
pent for her and the store bill, the
,ension agent had been here and in
the whole matter and
epOFted nothing 10 it, Congress
nan Anderson and DR.. Hodge had
.ls0 reported nothing in It, AS 10
he other part Of the defense, he
tated that selfsdsfsncs ERs
he first law Of nature aud the high
st Law Of the land, That Head was
big man OF over 90 pounds, and
-iciOus, mean and vlndlcatlve. He
aid they would ] rove that Head had
aid he would shoot ChilsOn 80 full
{ holes that he would not hold
hellsd corn, and that he would not
Iuit until he put him under the sod
he defense would also prove that
Head had a pistol when they rode
ogether that fatal night, that Chill
on aud Mike Weis we're going home
OgsthsF, whsn they overlook Head
D his buggy that Head said, "Wat is
hat you; have you got anything to
rink ?" After driving awhile they
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